Preface

Artificial Intelligence has been gradually invading our lives, and we are using it to accomplish many fundamental tasks. Talking to Siri or Alexa, and avoiding traffic using Google Maps are the most common examples of Artificial Intelligence in our daily lives.

Intelligence, as a quality possessed by humans, is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge. This knowledge is gained through observation, perception, application of reasoning and logic to the observed facts. Artificial intelligence transforms how knowledge is captured, developed, shared, and efficiently used within organisations.

Many tools are used in AI, including mathematical optimization, logic, and probability and dwell in the fields of computer science, psychology, linguistics and many other subjects.

The major application of AI in Robotics, IoT, Marketing and Operations, how insights are extracted from bigdata, Museums including Lighting and Cooling Systems, forecast visitor behavior, management of security systems and economic use of energy and other resources, automated path planning in a garden environment using reinforcement learning and analysis of human gait by utilizing regression are discussed in this book. This book also gives insights into violence detection using computer vision for smart cities.

AI is also increasingly used in the health sector. For example, Artificial Neural Network is used to predict the presence or absence of heart disease. Scientists have used AI to predict crop suitability and rainfall prediction, referred to as a Crop Management system. Crop Management System uses parameters like the ratio of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, pH value of soil, and environmental factors such as humidity, rainfall, temperature, etc. These issues are also discussed in this book.

This book written in simple language throws light on the AI applications in several fields, including machine learning, medicine, and agriculture and briefs how AI impacts daily life. We hope that this book will be beneficial for students, researchers and all people who are interested in Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing. We express our sincere thanks to the editorial and production teams who worked relentlessly to publish this book on time.